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BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. Embassy says it's working "in full cooperation with Iraqi authorities" to find "several" Americans who've gone missing in Iraq. Local media is reporting that three Americans were kidnapped by militias in Baghdad while on their way to the airport. The missing Americans haven't been identified.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three Americans released by Iran in a prisoner swap are in Germany, where they're being medically evaluated. Another detainee has chosen to remain in Iran and a fifth one already has arrived home in Massachusetts. Two of the freed detainees are Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian (reh-ZY'-ahn) and former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati. In exchange of the Americans' freedom, the U.S. pardoned or dropped charges against seven Iranians serving time for or accused of sanctions violations in the United States.
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) —Burkina Faso has begun three days of national mourning after al-Qaida militants killed at least 28 people in an attack on a hotel and cafe popular with foreigners. The president of the West African nation says security will be stepped up in the capital and the country's borders and he says the country must unite in the fight against terrorism.
PINEVILLE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana judge who made national headlines in the 1980s for defying a federal desegregation order has been found dead in his law office. Police in Pineville, Louisiana tell the Town Talk news that 83-year-old attorney, Richard "Dick" Lee, apparently died Friday from an accidental bullet wound. In 1980, Lee ruled that the parents of three white girls could transfer their custody to friends so the girls could stay at an all-white school. Federal courts overruled him.
BOSTON (AP) — IPads at the symphony? As part of an effort to draw in a younger audience, the Boston Symphony Orchestra is loaning select patrons iPads loaded with content specific to each performance. They'll be able to view sheet music for the pieces being played, video interviews with musicians, podcasts about the composers and analysis on the works themselves. They'll also get a close-up view of the conductor from the musicians' point of view from video monitors set up in the hall.
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